Nobody Owens is raised in a graveyard by his ghostly parents, and caretaker, after his “first family” dies in a terrible tragedy. But Bod, as he’s called, shows us that it really takes a graveyard to raise a boy.
Follow this boys adventures from young child learning how to Fade, learning to read from grave stones, and history lessons from those who were actually there. But everyone must grow up some day.
What I loved most about this book was the different perspective I saw of how life after death can be, and how the living can and can't interact with the dead. Neil Gaiman has done it again!
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Labels:
Ghosts,
Graveyard,
Growing Up,
IL grade 4,
IL grade 5,
IL grade 6,
Neil Gaiman,
Orphan,
YA
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ReplyDeleteALA-Best Books for Young Adults 1/1/2009
Newbery Medal 1/1/2009
Library Journal 12/9/2008
Horn Book Magazine 11/1/2008
School Library Journal 10/1/2008
School Library Journal 10/1/2008
Publisher's Weekly 9/29/2008
Booklist 9/15/2008
Kirkus Review 8/15/2008
Voice of Youth Advocate 8/1/2008